Lifetap Support - Path of Exile

Lifetap Support Lifetap Support is a support gem. It causes linked skills to be paid using life instead of mana, similar to the Blood Magic keystone, but at the expense of a very high skill cost multiplier. Spending a certain amount of life gives the Lifetap buff, which causes skills supported by Lifetap to deal more damage.

Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.

Support, Duration. Level: 1–20. Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 300%. Requires Level 8.

  • Supported Skills Cost Life instead of Mana
  • Gain Lifetap after Spending a total of (23–273) Life on Upfront
    Costs and Effects of a Supported Skill
  • Supported Skills deal (10–19)% more Damage while you have Lifetap
  • Lifetap lasts 4 seconds

This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Lifetap SupportSupported Skills deal (0–10)% increased Damage100

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Life Tap Build

Main Skills Builds
Cyclone Cyclone Cyclone Cyclone + Lifetap Support Lifetap Support + Fortify Support Fortify Support + Brutality Support Brutality Support + Impale Support Impale Support + Melee Physical Damage Support Melee Physical Damage Support(or Infused Channelling Support Infused Channelling Support)
Leap Slam Leap Slam Leap Slam Leap Slam + Lifetap Support Lifetap Support + Faster Attacks Support Faster Attacks Support + Second Wind Support Second Wind Support
Flame Dash Flame Dash Flame Dash Flame Dash + Lifetap Support Lifetap Support + Second Wind Support Second Wind Support + Faster Casting Support Faster Casting Support
Raise Spectre Raise Spectre + Raise Zombie Raise Zombie Raise Spectre Raise Spectre + Elemental Army Support Elemental Army Support + Feeding Frenzy Support Feeding Frenzy Support + Raise Zombie Raise Zombie + Summon Stone Golem Summon Stone Golem + Lifetap Support Lifetap Support
Animate Guardian Animate Guardian Animate Guardian Animate Guardian + Lifetap Support Lifetap Support
Dash Dash Dash Dash + Lifetap Support Lifetap Support + Second Wind Support Second Wind Support

Lifetap Support Build Example

The Lifetap Support Gem causes supported skills to cost life instead of mana. Once you’ve consumed a certain amount of life to use a skill,
you gain Lifetap, which increases your damage for a few seconds.

Related Gems

Life Tap Buff

Icon Name Effects
Life Tap Buff Life Tap Buff Your flasks recover increased amounts of life.

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthSupported Skills deal 10% more Damage while you have LifetapGain Lifetap after Spending a total of 23 Life on Upfront
Costs and Effects of a Supported Skill
Experience
181810233,231
2102110279,569
31325113128,189
41731113759,146
521371244111,192
625431251193,800
729491357320,280
833551364507,839
937611471554,379
1040661475755,049
11437015891,016,533
124675151031,898,602
134979161191,964,019
145284161352,573,731
155588171567,610,839
1658931717713,436,884
1761971818825,050,611
18641021822543,867,388
196710619263242,078,618
207011119273
217220280
227420301
237621319
247821336
258022349
268222360
278423367
288623387
298824407
309024424
319124447
329225468
339325491
349425515
359525540
369626564
379726591
389826617
399926645
4010027672

Skill functions and interactions

The mana cost of any skill supported by this gem will be paid with life instead of mana.

The mana cost will still be calculated normally[confirmation needed because of 3.14 change] – reduced Mana Cost, reduced Total Cost and other similar modifiers will still apply, but the resulting cost will be paid with life.

Supporting minion skills with Lifetap Support will affect both the cost you pay to use the skill, and the cost the resulting minion uses to pay its own skills, if any. This can help certain spectres use their skills more often.

  • Gain Lifetap after Spending a total of # Life with a Supported Skill Skill supported by Lifetap gains a buff Lifetap when spending a total of # life as skill cost (The value depends on gem level). The buff Lifetap grants 20% increased Life Recovery from Flasks, as well as making the supported active skill deals more damage (from the gem mod Supported Skills deal #% more Damage while you have Lifetap). As of version 3.14, the buff is only granted from this support gem. Similar to Arcane Surge Support, player may instead choose to use a low level Lifetap Support gem to gain the buff and more damage more often, in exchange for a lower more damage multiplier.
  • Supports any skill Lifetap Support can support any active skill, even skill that does not have mana cost, such as Aura and Herald skills, which the support gem may have no beneficial effect to those skills. Moreover, Lifetap Support does not convert mana reservation to life reservation (But cost & reservation multiplier is applied to mana reservation); Reservation is converted by sister gem Arrogance Support.

Item acquisition

Lifetap Support can drop anywhere. Drop level: 8.

Recipes

Lifetap Support can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
9 Gift of the Gemling Queen Random level 20 support gem
7 Dialla's Subjugation Random corrupted support gem with 23% quality
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Caged Brute
Act 1

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Caged Brute
Act 1
Nessa
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Related modifiers

Name Generation Type Level Stats Spawn Weighting
V2SupportedByBloodmagicCorrupted Corrupted 1 Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 1 Lifetap mace 0
sword 0
bow 0
staff 0
two_hand_weapon 1000
default 0

Unique items

Item Level Stats
Hiltless 59 60% increased Global Accuracy RatingSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 1 Lifetap
Adds (90-115) to (230-260) Physical Damage
(40-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance
Enemies you Attack Reflect 100 Physical Damage to you
+2 to Weapon Range
Forbidden Shako 68 Socketed Gems are Supported by Level (1-10) <random Support Gem>
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level (25-35) <random Support Gem>
+(25-30) to all Attributes
The Hungry Loop 70 Has 1 SocketConsumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level
Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems
Has not Consumed any Gems
<Consumed support gem modifier>

PoE 3.14 Changes

The Blood Magic Support Blood Magic Support gem has been split into Arrogance Support Arrogance Support and Lifetap Support Lifetap Support gems, as the lack of a damage multiplier made it a poor choice for primary skills. Now each of these new supports is balanced for the appropriate use case.

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